SoundBytes: Smash Mouth, Carlos Mencia, honeyhoney and more

-- California folkies honeyhoney, above, and Joshua James are coming to the Local 662 on Oct. 2. Tickets are $10. Click here.

-- According to their website, Walking on the Sun popsters Smash Mouth are plotting a Dec. 29 gig at the Hard Rock Cafe in Tampa. No details on tickets yet, but most music critics would agree you should probably plan your entire holiday around this show.

-- Conspirator, an electronic jam project involving the Disco Biscuits' Marc Brownstein and Aron Magner, is coming to the State Theatre on Oct. 7. Tickets are $16. Click here.

-- Punk legends the Queers are coming to Crowbar on Nov. 20, along with Knockout and the Caffiends. Tickets are $10-$13. Click here.

-- This sounds fun: Cigar City Brewing is putting on a free rock festival. It's an after party of sorts for the Red Bull Flugtag, and it takes place Oct. 8 at the Tampa Bay History Center. The Beauvilles, Tim Hutchinson and more are on the bill. Click here.

-- Try as you might, you can't keep the Red Jumpsuit Apparatus out of Tampa Bay. The Jacksonville pop-punk group, who most recently performed at Jannus Live a couple of months ago, will perform at the State Theatre on Nov. 20. Tickets are $15. Click here.